| Yes | 28% | 28% - 20 | ||||
| No | 71% | 71% - 49 | ||||
| Total: 69 | ||||||
Death is the ultimate disability. About the only one where you have to pay the government and not the other way around.FEOS wrote:
Death is not a disability. But thanks so much for taking the topic seriously.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Do I? Yes. Several.
What condition? Death.
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what?! that sounds like it would be beneficial in a zero-gravity environment! ?PuckMercury wrote:
I have Marfan's Syndrome. Do I count as my own immediate family member?
EDIT: To those who actually read about it - I mutated, I did not inherit from parent(s).
I suppose there are some practical upshots such as ridiculous flexibility and nimble fingers ... but the whole cardiovascular thing is a bitch. Ya know, small lungs, flat feet, bad heart ... fun stuff I tell ya. No, this doesn't hold a candle to any number of other conditions and I'm certainly not responding to garner sympathy ... but it is a pain in the ass to say the least ... or the chestMek-Izzle wrote:
Hmm, sounds like a good thing. Especially if the guy downstairs is also disproportionally large
Well, it would benefit me in a zero grav environment absolutely ... the whole 9g trip there ... yeah, they'd frown on that. Thanks for actually remembering though.CoronadoSEAL wrote:
what?! that sounds like it would be beneficial in a zero-gravity environment! ?
tell those NASA decision makers to go to hell.
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My mom was involved in an organization that raised money and awareness for Marfan's Syndrome research.PuckMercury wrote:
I have Marfan's Syndrome. Do I count as my own immediate family member?
EDIT: To those who actually read about it - I mutated, I did not inherit from parent(s).
Are you pushing to have him sterilized?Turquoise wrote:
My brother has chronic bronchitis.
Couldn't let that one pass.Turquoise wrote:
I had a feeling you'd say that. His disease is environmental, not genetic.
His situation is a lot of the reason why I'm adamant about raising air quality standards. We live in a fairly smoggy area (Greensboro), and millions of people in the industrialized world end up like him with respiratory problems as a result from corporate negligence in the form of air pollution. Power companies are especially notorious for polluting the air, and it ultimately costs society billions as a result of these illnesses.FEOS wrote:
Couldn't let that one pass.Turquoise wrote:
I had a feeling you'd say that. His disease is environmental, not genetic.
The unfortunate thing about bronchitis is that it tends to become chronic.
Good point. I'm sorry to hear about your son, and I'm sure he's probably in a much worse situation than my brother. My bro just has to be careful how much exercising he does outside. He's fine being active indoors though.FEOS wrote:
My son's lungs are in terrible shape. But the unfortunate catch-22 is that any city with a hospital that can handle his needs also has shitty air quality.